Barton County KS Archives Biographies.....Willis, P. H. 1845 - 
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Author: Great Bend Tribune

P. H. WILLIS

IN writing up  the history of Barton county the Pawnee Rock department would be
incomplete without mention of P. H. Willis who is one of the best known men in
Barton County. He was born October 23, 1845, in Hartford, Conn., and came to
Barton County in 1876 and went through the hard times with which the early day
settlers had to contend. He took up a homestead near Pawnee Rock and farmed for
ten years. He then moved to town and for the past twenty-five years has been
closely identified with the upbuilding of Pawnee Rock. He was married in 1866 to
Miss Christina Wrisle of Glastonbury, Conn., and they are the parents of four
children. Albert, 41 years of age, lives in Pawnee Rock, Nellie 38 years of age
is now Mrs. Cal Reid of California, Earnest, 30 years of age, is in Pawnee Rock
and Rosie, 28 years of age, is now Mrs. B. Rose of Anthony, Kansas. Mr. Willis
is a veteran of the civil war and was a member of the 6th Connecticut, having
been enlisted in Company B. He was in the service sixteen months and saw much
active duty most of it being in skirmishes. Since his residence in Pawnee Rock
he and his sons have been engaged in the painting business and by doing only
first class work and using the best of material they have gained the confidence
of the people and enjoy a-large patronage. Mr. Willis owns a nice residence in
the town of Pawnee Rock and is one of the town's most enterprising and
progressive citizens and is one of those old timers who has seen this county
grow from an almost barren waste to its present high standing among the best
counties of the State of Kansas.


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